live happily ever after

live happily ever after

This phrase borrowed, from fairy tale endings, is used to suggest that everything will work out perfectly in the future. It is often used after a couple has gotten married. It was such a beautiful wedding, and I just know that Allie and Michael will live happily ever after.It's not like real people just magically live happily ever after—it takes a lot of hard work to keep a relationship healthy!

live happily ever after

Cliché to live in happiness after a specific event. (A formulaic phrase at the end of fairy tales.) The prince and the princess lived happily ever after.They went away from the horrible haunted castle and lived happily ever after.

live happily ever after

Spend the rest of one's life in happiness, as in In her romantic novels the hero and heroine end up marrying and then live happily ever after . This hyperbolic phrase ends many fairy tales. [Mid-1800s]

The cast of sitcom Edge of Heaven EDGE OF HEAVEN (ITV, Friday, 9pm) SET in a Margate B&B, the sitcom focuses on Alfie, who knows exactly what he wants and has his entire life mapped out - he's going to marry his fiancee Carly and live happily ever after.

Swan Lake's ending has been changed so often over time--most notably by the Soviets who arranged to have Siegfried kill von Rothbart so the lovers could live happily ever after (they didn't believe in an afterlife)--that it remains fair game for anyone staging the ballet.

Such acceptance has allowed for romances to break out of "tradition" and include controversial topics such as AIDS, illegitimacy and addiction--so long as the hero and the heroine live happily ever after.

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